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Retha F Wright 1921 - 1996

Retha F Wright of Blairs, Pittsylvania County, VA was born on May 23, 1921, and died at age 75 years old on September 27, 1996.
Retha F Wright
Blairs, Pittsylvania County, VA 24527
May 23, 1921
September 27, 1996
Female
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Retha F Wright's History: 1921 - 1996

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  • 05/23
    1921

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    May 23, 1921
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  • 09/27
    1996

    Death

    September 27, 1996
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    Retha F Wright lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1921, in the year that Retha F Wright was born, the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.
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In 1964, she was 43 years old when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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